Browsing: WHS decisions (NT)

A company and its director have been convicted and fined, and issued WHS project and training orders, over the electrocution of an unsupervised apprentice, in a unique case, while two employers and a director have been charged over a switchboard shock.

A PCBU has unsuccessfully contended its fatality-related WHS charges should be dismissed for being "ambiguous" and "prolix". A superior court found the particulars of the charges clearly accused the PCBU of failing to ensure workers complied with safety rules for confined spaces, and creating the risk of almost certain death to any worker who fell because of that failure.

A PCBU allegedly failed to enforce safety standards and created a culture of non-compliance that led to a fatality, a judge has heard in upholding the business's WHS charge. However, the judge struck out a complaint against the business's co-defendant.

• Admin-control warning issued after PCBU fined;
  
• Managers warned after vehicle falls 25m, kills operator; and
  
• SA launches asbestos blitz, suspends another licence.

• Employer fined $850k over missing SWMS and fatality;
  
• Individual convicted for hindering WHS investigation; and
  
• More WHS offences attract on-the-spot fines in NT.

• COVID-19 hygiene training mandated for WA work sector;
  
• New worker killed by high-hazard task, PCBU fined; and
  
• Individual fined over powerlines injury, COVID-19 reduces penalty.

A PCBU has been found not guilty of category 2 WHS breaches relating to a fatal road accident in a dilapidated work car.

• Two "casual" PCBUs fined 2% of maximum WHS penalty; and
  
• Regulator wins second bid to challenge death benefits award.

A PCBU and its director have escaped prosecution for fatality-related category 2 WHS breaches because of "evidentiary issues", but have been convicted and fined for failing to cooperate with the investigation into the death.

A supervisor has become the second entity to be convicted and fined over a FIFO worker's drowning, after he pleaded guilty to failing to follow his employer's safety manual or provide safe access to the workplace.